Due to inflation, Swedes began to buy food in stores near the Norwegian border, Expressen reports. Such trips used to go in the opposite direction until recently – from Norway to Sweden. According to the newspaper, the rise in food prices in Sweden’s neighboring Scandinavian country is half as much.
For the past decades, Norwegians came to the border areas of Sweden to buy food at cheaper prices. But now the flow of food buyers is going in the opposite direction, Expressen reports.
While food prices in Sweden rose 21% between July 2021 and January 2023, the corresponding figure in Norway is only 9%. According to the Swedish tabloid, fruits and vegetables have become cheaper on the Norwegian side. Thus, in the border grocery store Anders Fjelstad in the town of Aurje the sales have increased by 14% during the first months of the year. According to the store owner, it was Swedish customers that contributed to this growth.
Anna Breman, first deputy governor of the Swedish Central Bank, said inflation hurts families with children the most when compared to the national average price increase: 17 percent versus 12 percent. “And it’s really hard,” Expressen quoted the banker as saying.
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